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Synonyms for formation
fɔrˈmeɪ ʃənfor·ma·tion

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. formationnoun

    Synonyms:
    tactical formation, battle formation, task force, brigade group, combat team, battle group

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. formation

    Synonyms:
    shape, structure, construction

    Antonyms:
    deformity, malformation, dislocation, distortion

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. formationnoun

    an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

    "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"

    Synonyms:
    organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

  2. formation, shapingnoun

    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

    Synonyms:
    establishment, shaping, constitution, organization, geological formation, organisation, defining

  3. constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisationnoun

    the act of forming or establishing something

    "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"

    Synonyms:
    fundamental law, constitution, establishment, physical composition, composition, organization, system, shaping, governance, governing body, ecesis, make-up, validation, institution, makeup, organic law, brass, administration, geological formation, arrangement, organisation

  4. geological formation, formationnoun

    (geology) the geological features of the earth

    Synonyms:
    organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

  5. formationnoun

    a particular spatial arrangement

    Synonyms:
    organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

  6. formationnoun

    natural process that causes something to form

    "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"

    Synonyms:
    organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

  7. formationnoun

    creation by mental activity

    "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

    Synonyms:
    organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. formationnoun

    Synonyms:
    creation, production

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How to use formation in a sentence?

  1. Dr. Rob Gilbert:

    It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.

  2. William Bottke:

    To understand the formation and evolution of our world as well as those in the inner solar system, we need to understand the timing of major events during the planet-formation era.

  3. John Dewey:

    The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

  4. Scott Sheppard:

    Most objects that we know of interact with the planets in some way so the orbits have been disturbed over the past few billion years, whereas this object is so distant that it may not have been disturbed by planets. So its orbit is a pristine orbit from the formation of the original solar system. If we can get its orbit and understand how it formed and how it got there, it will tell us a lot about the formation of our solar system.

  5. Jean Paul Friedrich Richter:

    In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character the multitude pass us by like a distant army.


Translations for formation

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  • تشكيلArabic
  • строй, формиране, формация, образуванеBulgarian
  • formigoEsperanto
  • koulutus, muodostuma, muodostus, muodostaminen, muodostelmaFinnish
  • izglītībaLatvian
  • formazzjoniMaltese
  • rotsformatie, vorming, formatieDutch
  • formasjonNorwegian
  • formaçãoPortuguese
  • обучение, структура, строй, конструкция, создание, формирование, образование, формацияRussian
  • ఏర్పాటు, నిర్మాణంTelugu
  • формуванняUkrainian
  • قیامUrdu

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